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portion into the posterior margin. A few scattered green 

 atoms are also seen along the upper part of the median 

 nervure, and here and there in the black of the cell. The 

 character of the warm green, the rich velvety black, and 

 sericeous brown patch is very pure. The under sides 

 have the green discocellular elongated patch, extending 

 nearly the entire length of the cell. The lower part 

 nearly straight with the median nervure at a short distance 

 from it, beginning as a narrow stripe at the base, raggedly 

 but equally widening till at its head near the discocellular 

 nervure it is as broad as half the cell at that point ; 

 between 8 of the nervules, the greater portion of each 

 space is occupied with the green markings, the first 6 

 from below being entirely solid or nearly solid green of a 

 whitish golden tint, and the two upper or subcostal ones 

 being partly solid and partly composed of sprinkled green 

 atoms. The first 5 marks also each contain a black spot 

 of variable form, not quite dividing them as in some 

 specimens (and species), the 5th very small, the 3 below 

 more or less lunate or ovate, the lowest nearly transverse 

 over 2-3rds of the mark, and sharply bidentate. 



Secondaries, a richer warm green, nearly golden, of 

 great purity, or quite golden opposite the light — the green 

 extending irregularly along the space within the costal 

 and subcostal nervures, appearing almost like 3 patches 

 of colour on the black, with a trace of the golden yellow 

 spots in two of them — i.e. those beyond the anterior angle. 

 The subcostal nervure and 1st nervule are black, and 

 half of the median nervure extending from the base is of 

 the same colour ; black atoms and hairs are sprinkled 

 thickly on the green within the cell to half its 

 length from the base ; 3 black spots, the lowest 

 very rudimentary, and within the 1st and 2nd, ner- 

 vules, and the discoidal and 1st median nervules; 

 the 1st is oval oblong, the 2nd orbicular, and the 3rd 

 only composed of a few black atoms or scales ; outside 

 of the first two are minute golden spots, the first only 

 faintly seen on one wing. The black exterior margin is 

 very narrow. The abdominal fold is a silky light brown, 

 the long cilia or hairs silky brownish yellow. Under side, 

 the green more golden, with greater intensity round the 

 exterior margin, each division of which contains central 

 specks or suffusions of golden yellow, with a slight indica- 

 tion of 2 golden streaks between the subcostal and costal 

 nervures. The base, the subcostal nervure and nervule, 

 the interior and outer margins, and the 6 submarginal 

 spots are black as usual, and of very variable size ; some 

 green atoms form a streak above the costal nervure ; and 

 the space from the anal angle half-way up between the 

 submedian nervure and 3rd median nervule is a rich 

 golden yellow. Thorax with a green central ray nearly 

 3-5ths of its length. Abdomen very rich golden yellow : 

 the lateral black spots very small ; and triangulate anal 

 mark black. 



Length of costa 77, width of front wing 37, length of 

 hind wing 42, width 32 mm. Length of antennae and 

 abdomen 33 mm. ; of thorax with head 20 mm. 



' 1st Pair: femur 12 ; tibia 9; tarsi 15 mm. 

 ■2nd „ „ 13; „ 13; >. x 7 » 



(3rd ,, ,, 11; ,, 14; »» l8 ,, 



This includes the trochanters. 



Length of 

 legs 



Colour of the upper surface of wings when seen very 

 obliquely against the light, entirely like a specimen of 

 P. Crcesus (see PI. IX., figs. 1, la, ib, 2). 



Hab. Aru Islands. In the collection of Dr. F. Walker. 

 Specimens in the Horniman, and in the author's museums 

 do not very materially differ in any respect from the above. 



2 . Colour of wings smoky brown, darkest at the base 

 and in the upper discoidal cell to the white discal patch ; 

 much lighter without with the exception of a faintly seen 

 curved marginal border. Lower wings much darker, 

 smoky or tawny brown, lighter within the cell, over which 

 and on the abdominal fold are long hairs of the same 

 colour. All the spots and patches of each wing ashy- 

 white. The discocellular patch on Primaries the whole 

 breadth of the cell, very large, transverse, subquadrate, 

 clouded on the inner, and i-3rd divided by brown at the 

 outer edges. The exterior marks, which are generally 

 elongate, 8 in number, with the lower one separated by 

 the brown, are here almost or quite obsolete within 2 sets 

 of the veins, viz., between the submedian nervure and 3rd 

 median nervule, and 1st median and 2nd discoidal 

 nervules, only 2 submarginal whitish dots being visible in 

 the latter, a small semi-orbicular spot on the next above, 

 3 elongate spots within the subcostal nervules, the 3rd of 

 them nearly divided in the middle by a rectangular spot ; 

 and 2 within the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd median nervules of only 

 moderate length, and submarginal dot beyond. 



Secondaries, with a small subcostal trigonate spot ; 

 part of an accuminate spot in the next subcostal space, 

 with a submarginal trigonal larger spot, the 3 long accu- 

 minate marks which follow below being perfect, ashy-white, 

 enclosing suboval brown spots, sinaated at nearest the 

 exterior margin — the submarginal spots and portions 

 being covered with ochreous brown, and the ashy-white 

 above more or less impure near the nervule. The ashy- 

 white patch on the interior margin also sordid. 



Under sides of all the wings a lighter tawny brown than 

 above, and a more clouded deeper brown in the darker 

 parts. The ashy-white markings are purer and more 

 silky, like the rest of the wings, nearly identical in shape and 

 number with those on the upper sides ; but the subcostal 

 spots are pale yellow, the submarginal parts of the others 

 being also more strongly suffused with the same. 



Thorax same colour as darkest part of wings, with a 

 pale green central ray above, very short, and the red of 

 the sides beneath covering the whole space between the 

 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs to the base of the abdomen ; 

 but not appearing on the metathorax at all. 



Abdomen, greenish ashy-grey, becoming ochreous at the 

 last 2 and anal segments ; the anal point ochreous brown. 

 Subdorsal yellow to brown ochre, segments outlined 

 strongly with dark brown : lateral dots dark brown. Eyes 

 dark chesnut. Antenna? and legs, black. 



Length of costa 100, width of upper wings 51, length of 

 lower wing 66, width 42 mm. ; of abdomen and antennae 

 34 ; of thorax with head 22 mm. ; 



( 1st Pair : femur 13 ; tibia 9 ; tarsi 12 mm. 

 of legs , 2nd ,, ,, 15; ,, 14; ,, 17 ,, 



(3rd ,, „ 14; ,, 14; „ 18 „ 



This includes the trochanters. 



Hab. Aru Islands. In the coll. of Dr. F. Walkqn 



See Plate IX., figs. 4, 5. [The brown spot between 

 the 2nd discoidal and 1st median nervules being asym- 

 metrical for the 2 wings ; the forms are given in figs. 

 5a, 56, of the same plate.] 



